Then again, you won’t find anyone named Timmy Chang, Tim Rettay or Kliff Kingsbury on any lists of Super Bowl -winning quarterbacks, either.
Before we get to this week’s Top 5 current college QBs who will win the Super Bowl, let’s take a quick look at some of the characteristics of the 28 men who have won it all.
• Their average height is just over 6-foot-2. At 6-foot-5, Peyton Manning and Ben Roethlisberger are the tallest. At 6-foot, Drew Brees joined Joe Theismann and Len Dawson as the shortest quarterbacks to win it all.
• Eighteen of the 28 Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks came from college teams currently in a BCS conference or Notre Dame. The SEC has produced the most with five. The Big Ten and Pac-10 have produced four each. The Big 12 is the only current BCS conference that has not produced a Super Bowl-winning quarterback. (Sam Bradford?)
• Only three quarterbacks have come from a school outside the current FCS or Division I level: Phil Simms (Morehead State), Doug Williams (Grambling) and Kurt Warner (Northern Iowa).
So, what we’re looking for is a 6-2 and above quarterback that hails from a major conference, preferably the SEC or Big Ten.
With those characteristics in mind, let us present five college quarterbacks who will win the Super Bowl.
Ricky Stanzi, Iowa
It’s hard to figure out why most projections have Stanzi rated as a second-tier QB.
At 6-4, 230 pounds, he’s got plenty of size and arm strength to make all the necessary throws at the next level. He’ll arrive in the NFL after starting three years in Iowa’s pro-style offense. He’s greatly improved his accuracy this season and is third in the nation in passing efficiency. He’s also cut back his interceptions. After throwing 15 INTs last season, he’s been picked off only three times this season.
Plus, you have to love his big-game moxie, which will be on display down the stretch in the tightly contested Big Ten race.
The Big Ten has produced five Super Bowl champion quarterbacks.
Andrew Luck, Stanford
He’s no Trent Edwards.
Stanford has produced a pair of two-time Super Bowl champions in Jim Plunkett and John Elway.
Luck doesn’t have scrambling ability of either of those two Cardinal greats, but the 6-4, 235-pound junior definitely looks the part of an NFL quarterback. He’s silky-smooth in the pocket and has mastered the ability to side step tacklers, while keeping his eyes downfield.
Landry Jones, Oklahoma
There’s some good quarterback coaching going on right now at Oklahoma. It won’t be long before you start hearing Sooner QB coach Josh Heupel’s name being mentioned for open positions. Sam Bradford’s instant NFL success is proof.
Jones is taking advantage of Heupel’s mentoring and the early playing time he got last year after Bradford went down with a shoulder injury. He’s putting up big numbers in his second starting and
